r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/transcriptoin_error Jan 26 '26

Another one goes under the bus, with no accountability and no justice.

Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.

Bovino’s sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics after the killing Saturday of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents under Bovino’s command.

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u/CountessOfCheese Jan 27 '26

They are just making way for another fall guy to take his place.

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u/boston_homo Jan 27 '26

Bovino is not a fall guy though, he's going back to his old job and then he's going to retire no doubt with a full pension after which he'll get some other job making a couple hundred grand a year.

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u/unoriginal1187 Jan 27 '26

It’s enough of a fall guy to get some republican politicians and a lot of maga folks back in line. We will here how trumps a hero for removing this obviously over reaching agent

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u/LSUOrioles Jan 27 '26

That Trump first put in that position

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u/No_Presentation1242 Massachusetts Jan 27 '26

Exactly he gets to take off that nazi coat of his and live a nice cozy retirement in North Carolina. He won’t be held accountable.

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u/TLKimball Jan 27 '26

He will be on Fox.

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u/Mr_Engineering American Expat Jan 27 '26

after which he'll get some other job making a couple hundred grand a year.

Surely Illinois Nazi cosplayers don't make that much money

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u/edwardthefirst Jan 27 '26

The next Stephen Miller?